@Patchouli the ice ejector can double as a drain, just switch the sorter block off, or change it over to black list.

where to connect it to drain the ores in my refinery

@Alpha_Wolf_Gamer I am sure it would be, if you use remote functioning. with a strong enough antenna.

is it possible to make it into a airdrop like a care package

@critproof Yeah it's literally there just to make sure your ship doesnt drop from being too heavy, and to park it of course!

ahhh, neato! Forive me, I missed the piston lol- but its not a risky one :) I'm derping around as we speak, it's pretty nice work!

@Alpha_Wolf_Gamer Glad it worked out!

i used it and it works great

It uses 3.3KN of downward thrust. The Main Timer block activates the downward thrust after a 15 second delay, while immediately triggering The Secondary Timer Block, which immediately shuts off the downward thrust and restarts the countdown on the Main Timer Block, Causing your ship to go down 0.5m every 15 seconds.
And it does use a piston. The landing gear is held on by a piston, which serves as a parking gear and also an emergency stop button incase your ship gets overweight if you forget it.

Oooooh! A non-script based atmospheric auto-miner- that doesn't use rotors or pistons! Totally giving this a go :)
Just curious typing this at work , what amount of thruster override did you use for the downward thrust?